CVE-2023-5540 (GCVE-0-2023-5540)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-09 19:15 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Moodle: authenticated remote code execution risk in imscp
Summary
A remote code execution risk was identified in the IMSCP activity. By default this was only available to teachers and managers.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-22 20:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=… | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243432 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=451581 |
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-10-16 00:00
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